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LOT 1927
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Badge
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (5.56 grams, 34 mm).
Heater-shaped plaque of the Pietà: the body of Christ taken down from the cross lies across the lap of the Virgin, who is here depicted as Queen of Heaven, i.e. wearing a crown with halo behind, the whole scene framed by the rays of a mandorla; clip pin to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK.
From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.
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